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Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield

The Economics of R&D, Innovation, and Technological Change

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Albert N. Link

    1. Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

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  2. F. M. Scherer

    1. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Emeritus, USA

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  • Edwin Mansfield was a research pioneer into the economics of R and D and technological change.
  • As appreciation and remembrance for his scholarly contributions, eminent scholars have contributed original papers for this edited volume.
  • This edited volume will be the definitive work in the field

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Edwin Mansfield: An Appreciation

      • F. M. Scherer
      Pages 1-7

  4. Research and Development and Innovation

    1. Industrial R&D Laboratories: Windows on Black Boxes?

      • James D. Adams
      Pages 99-107

    2. Public Policy and Environmental Research and Development

      • John T. Scott
      Pages 109-127

    3. The Importance of R&D for Innovation: A Reassessment Using French Survey Data

      • Jacques Mairesse, Pierre Mohnen
      Pages 129-143

    4. University R&D and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Italy

      • Giuseppe Medda, Claudio Piga, Donald S. Siegel
      Pages 145-151

    5. Reflections on Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the “Golden Age” of U.S. Corporate R&D

      • Philip E. Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb
      Pages 153-171

    6. The Welfare Effects of Research and Production Joint Ventures

      • Kathryn L. Combs
      Pages 173-185

    7. Research Joint Ventures in the United States: A Descriptive Analysis

      • Albert N. Link
      Pages 187-193

  5. Patenting and the Diffusion of Knowledge

    1. Exploring the Patent Explosion

      • Bronwyn H. Hall
      Pages 195-208

    2. The University and the Start-Up: Lessons from the Past Two Decades

      • Josh Lerner
      Pages 209-216

    3. Patents and Appropriation: Concerns and Evidence

      • Wesley M. Cohen
      Pages 217-231

    4. The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and University-Industry Technology Transfer: A Model for Other OECD Governments?

      • David C. Mowery, Bhaven N. Sampat
      Pages 233-245

    5. Financing Constraints in the Inter Firm Diffusion of New Process Technologies

      • Alessandra Canepa, Paul Stoneman
      Pages 247-257
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Edwin Mansfield was a research pioneer into the economics of R and D and technological change. As appreciation and remembrance for his scholarly contributions, eminent scholars have contributed original papers for this edited volume. The authors have followed the "Mansfieldian” approach of emphasizing economic insight and intuition over mathematical rigor and as a result are very accessable. Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield has the potential to serve as a reader in all advanced undergraduate and graduate classes/seminars in the economics of R and D and technological change. This edited volume will be the definitive work in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

    Albert N. Link

  • Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Emeritus, USA

    F. M. Scherer

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